by Dan Rua…just a VC, living vicariously thru entrepreneurs…

Coming Full Circle to Apple?

My technology love affair really bloomed when my parents brought home an Apple II and the empowerment of its BASIC interpreter.

I progressed to an Apple II+, Apple IIc and got through college with an Apple IIGS and its color ribbon printer.

Then IBM hired me and I did more with computers and programming than I’d ever done before — all on a PC. Since that time I have stuck with PCs because I’m an application addict — downloading freeware by the buckets and generally hosing my system every couple years.

Now comes my next decision point and many of the applications I play with come through the browser. A Mac with an Internet Operating System and web applications galore could be a nice combination, right? Is this the point at which I come home to Apple?

How many of you have made the switch either way, and why?

UPDATE: Jason provided a nice summary of why he’s Apple all the way now — it’s surprising how the proprietary hooks between iPods/Macs/iPhones can have such a profound impact on folks who typically rally behind non-proprietary, Open platforms. Go figure…

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Thanks for stopping by. In case we haven't met before, I'm Dan Rua, Managing Partner of Inflexion Partners, an early-stage venture capital fund based in Florida and focused on the Southeast US. Prior to Inflexion I was a partner with Draper Atlantic, DFJ's first east coast fund based in Northern Virginia. Prior to that I co-founded an email software company and was an engineer with IBM's Networking Software Labs in RTP, NC.

This blog is for sharing stories and discussing entrepreneurs, venture capital, technology, and Florida -- particularly when I can provide perspective unique from the typical Boston (B) or Silicon Valley (S) view. Inflexion is my third fund and all my funds have focused on building world-changing companies in regions outside the BS...